Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Song of Ruth
Entered May 9, 1954 · peaked at #5 on Jun 13, 1954 · 22 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 17, 1954
- Book Power
- 86.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 10
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 22
- May 1954 – October 1954
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.What it earned each author
Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank G. Slaughter | primary | 100% | 86.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 13, 1954 on the timeline →- #1Not as a StrangerMorton Thompson
- #2Bless This HouseNorah Lofts
- #3Never Victorious, Never DefeatedTaylor Caldwell
- #4Away All BoatsKenneth Dodson
- #5The Song of RuthFrank G. Slaughter
- #6The DollmakerHarriette Arnow
- #7SayonaraJames A. Michener
- #8The Gipsy in the ParlourMargery Sharp
- #9Bhowani JunctionJohn Masters
- #10The Night of the HunterDavis Grubb